Senior Product Manager, Commerce

CONDÉ NAST; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Sr. Product Manager to lead the affiliate commerce strategy. In this pivotal role, you will collaborate with diverse teams to optimize product offerings and enhance user experience. Your expertise in digital product development and affiliate commerce will be key to driving growth and innovation across multiple platforms. This role offers the chance to make a significant impact within a creative and fast-paced environment, where your contributions will help shape the future of commerce at a renowned media organization. If you thrive on collaboration and have a passion for digital products, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of experience in commerce product management.
• Strong background in digital product development and affiliate commerce.

Responsibilities

• Drive product prioritization and manage cross-functional teams.
• Communicate product updates and manage documentation effectively.

Skills

Commerce Product Management

Digital Product Development

Affiliate Commerce Knowledge

Communication Skills

Analytical Skills

Team Collaboration

Project Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Tools

Shopify

Magento

WooCommerce

CommerceTools

Analytics Tools

Job description

Condé Nast is a global media company producing the highest quality content with a footprint of more than 1 billion consumers in 32 territories through print, digital, video and social platforms. The company's portfolio includes many of the world's most respected and influential media properties including Vogue, Vanity Fair, Glamour, Self, GQ, The New Yorker, Condé Nast Traveler/Traveller, Allure, AD, Bon Appétit and Wired, among others.

Job Description

Location:

London, GB

Condé Nast is a global media company, home to iconic brands including Vogue, GQ, Glamour, AD, Vanity Fair and Wired, among many others. Our award-winning content reaches 84 million consumers in print, 367 million in digital and 379 million across social platforms, and generates more than 1 billion video views each month.

We are headquartered in London and New York, and operate in 31 markets worldwide, including China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico & Latin America, Spain, Taiwan, the U.K. and the U.S., with local licence partners across the globe.

Condé Nast is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, familial status and other legally protected characteristics.

The Role

Condé Nast is seeking an innovative, collaborative, and proven Sr. Product Manager to help guide product planning and execution for our affiliate commerce area.

As the Sr. Product Manager for Commerce, you will help develop and execute the roadmap to grow our affiliate commerce business across Condé Nast. Working in collaboration with design, engineering and project management partners, as well as the commerce editorial team, you will iterate on our brand's on-site affiliate commerce page templates (e.g. shopping guides) and features to optimize revenue, SEO, and user experience. You will partner closely with the commerce editorial teams to deliver features that add value for our end users and you will be responsible for editorial adoption of these features.

You will need to work closely with other Product Managers, Product Designers, and Engineers to build features that will support all of our brands across all of our markets.

What will you be doing?

Prioritization & Planning

1. Drive product prioritization within a 0-9 month time horizon, with the ability to manage prioritization across both short- and long-term projects, managing unforeseen situations logically and effectively.
2. Co-lead cross-functional teams with partners in editorial, design, engineering, and project management to deliver features that meet the needs of our users.
3. Prioritize multiple initiatives with logic and authority, while influencing your peers through respect.
4. Work with product analytics to estimate the impact of potential work to help guide feature prioritization.
5. Convert business objectives into development plans and follow through with delivery.
6. Devise and refine Objectives and Key Results for affiliate commerce.
7. Ensure clear requirements are provided for iterative development cycles.
8. Align with engineering teams to determine resourcing plans.
9. Manage day to day product planning & delivery (i.e. agile ceremonies) with a globally distributed product development team that has a heavy footprint in India.

Communication

1. Align senior stakeholders across the company to the product roadmap.
2. Proactively and clearly communicate updates, roadblocks, and other team developments to stakeholders.
3. Write product briefs and gain team buy-in on new approaches to problems.
4. Create and manage all product documentation, communicate strategy, project status, and decisions.
5. Train users on how to use new features.
6. Track adoption of features and hand-hold editors as needed to grow adoption.
7. Drive A/B tests and pre/post tests to validate hypotheses.
8. Quickly respond to bugs and issues as they arise.
9. Thrive in a global environment, working across multiple time zones.
10. Build effective relationships with strong verbal and written abilities, working diplomatically and effectively across departments.

Management

1. Be the primary point of contact for our on-site affiliate commerce page templates (e.g. shopping guides) across the Condé Nast organization, coordinating work with our cross-functional partners in editorial, audience development, marketing, consumer revenue, corporate development, advertising and strategy.
2. Constantly iterate on team processes and resources to improve quality and speed of delivery.

Who you are:

1. 5-8 years of experience driving commerce products, ideally affiliate commerce at a digital media organization.
2. Experience in developing and delivering digital products at scale within a consumer-facing company (preferably media).
3. A clear understanding of the affiliate commerce industry, including trends and best practices on different platforms, including social commerce.
4. Experience with commerce platforms like Shopify, Magento, WooCommerce, CommerceTools.
5. Experience with product catalogs (PIMs).
6. Experience with social commerce tools like LTK, ShopMy.
7. Experience across digital platforms, particularly web-based tech.
8. Confidence presenting to executives.
9. A familiarity with and appreciation of Conde Nast brands.
10. Experience working with analytics tools, and understanding and communicating data trends.
11. Bachelor or Masters degree.
12. Familiarity with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and SQL.
13. Patience, a positive outlook, and a can-do attitude.